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[hylights]

"Hello, this is Zelda. I'm afraid I'm not available at the moment, so please leave me a message and I will return your call."

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text UN: tiger (misfire)

[phaseflex]

i'm pretty sure the bread aisle is haunted

text | un: zelda

[hylights]

It is? I was at Hart Mart only yesterday and didn't notice anything.

[Is her bread harbouring a secret ghost? Now she's wondering if she should check the kitchen. But, wait a minute... who's this 'tiger'??]

Are you notifying all the customers?

[phaseflex]

[..."zelda"?]

i don't work there
it was just a thought
sorry i think i have the wrong number

[hylights]

Oh I see. I was wondering who this was.

[A short pause, before another message.]

Can I ask what made you have that thought to start with?

[phaseflex]

sorry about that

i'm pretty sure i saw the shadows moving
and possibly a little goblin under the shelves

[hylights]

That's all right. My name is Zelda. Is yours Tiger?

I almost want to go there and try shining a light under the shelves. But that probably wouldn't be a good idea, would it.

[phaseflex]

hero name
my actual name is amara

honestly, the only threat here seems to be the unconscionable concept of

me being wrong
😱😱😱😱

[hylights]

It's nice to meet you.

Oh dear. That hasn't been proven though!

[phaseflex]

i could probably cope with it
probably

maybe stay out the aisle regardless?
the food here is strange sometimes

[hylights]

Well, it can be our secret.

I'll do that next time I visit. The Hart Mart usually seems fine, compared to the banquets. But I suppose anything's possible in this place.

[phaseflex]

the banquets?

[hylights]

I mean those times where the town puts on meals with tables, in public places. There's usually some sort of consequence for eating the food they offer in those times.

[phaseflex]

other than the cult last month, i haven't experienced that
is it truly common?
does that cult show its face more often than i thought?

[hylights]

I haven't seen the cult before now. But I know that food presented as banquets or parties in this place tends to be unsafe, more often than not.

It was that way when I got here, nearly half a year ago.

[phaseflex]

a good warning to heed
thank you
i'm sorry you've been here so long

[hylights]

Thank you, but I'm hardly worse off than anyone else. Others have been here much longer.

[phaseflex]

someone who has been shot in a non-fatal place has still been shot

[hylights]

I... suppose so. Not that I would put it that way.

[phaseflex]

i'm just saying
even if people have it worse
it doesn't mean your own pain is less in the face of it

[hylights]

That's very kind of you to say, Amara.

[And true. She would tell her friends the same thing, really.]

I hope I get to meet you in person sometime.